What truly is logic? Who decides reason? [...] It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reason can be found.
- John Nash (Fictional - A Beautiful Mind)
Of all the religious beliefs, only atheists can claim to be proud of their religiosity and different from others. They can attain any good, bad, worse, evil traits of a religious person without compromising their own logic, rational and religious integrity. There is no gold standard religion that sits well with logic.
I see two different types of people who are proud of their religion. 1.) Proud due to its values & morals; 2.) Proud as it made them achievers in their field. I have arguments against both of these types.
For the people who are proud of their religion for its implied morals and values, religion undermines human capability by not letting the individuals discover those said morals and merely imparting the values upon them. Religion is simply the teacher giving the answers without reason & self-learning.
For the second type, we cannot simply conclude that religious practice is what made them successful. They could have been successful even if they failed to uphold religion in their lives. At the same time, we can readily see abound number of examples of not successful individuals despite being religious. Simply, there is no counterfactual present that would have proved that one's religion made the said individual successful.
In both the above cases an individual may have discovered the morals & values of religion and be successful without explicitly following a certain religion.
I am not against religion or religious beliefs; I am against the idea of religious pride, which has found its way into the mainstream and causing tensions. I feel that religious pride is one of the reasons that is calling people to arms in the name of protecting their religion.
Suppose an individual is proud of his/her own religion and believes it to be the saviour of the world; does their religion truly warrant protection from other religions and puny humans?
